"What happened next is still under investigation, but Zollman said there was an altercation and Yantis and both deputies all fired their weapons.
Yantis was fatally wounded and died at the scene. One of the deputies suffered a minor injury."
Appears that he fired his rifle and both deputies fired their weapons. One of the interviews with family says they think the rifle fired when the police were turning him around. Playing the guessing game...maybe it's an AD(?)...but if an officer is wound up tight as a drum already...and they've already had an altercation, an unintentional AD may not seem unintentional.
Ugly situation that has no option for a happy ending....
